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The Skinny on Fire Service Costs
Author(s) -
Matthews Paul L.,
Rock Kerstin S.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
opflow
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1551-8701
pISSN - 0149-8029
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8701.2004.tb01768.x
Subject(s) - service (business) , fire protection , business , indirect costs , customer service , operations management , engineering , marketing , civil engineering , accounting
This article provides an overview of fire protection costs and some of the recovery options available. Topics covered include: distinctions in fire‐related costs such as direct and indirect costs, or public/private costs; determining the proportion of a utility's budget for fire protection; recovering fire service costs; and, residential and nonresidential customer charges.